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VOL XXX
An Act to Regulate and License
the Hunting of Game Birds
and Animals
Sec 1 No person shall at any time
shoot or take in any manner any
game which is by law protected in this
State without flrst having in his pos
session a hunting license as herein
provided for the year such shooting is
done Licenses shall be issued by the
Clerk of the Board pf Supervisois
State Game Warden or such deputies
as may be designated for that purpose
by the State Game Warden Such
licenses shall be classified as follows
1 A general hunting license shall
entitle the person therein named to
hunt game quadrupeds birds and take
llsh during the open season thereof
2 A big game license shall entitle
the person therein named to hunt
game quadrupeds during the open
season thereof Wild turkeys are
classified as big game under the mean
ing of this Act
3 A bird license shall entitle the
person therein named to hunt game
birds other than wild turkeys during
the open season thereof
Sec 2 Any person of the age of
twelve la yerrs or over may if anon
resident or alien procure hunting
licenses as herein provided by filing
his atlidavit and if a resident by fil
ing a certillcate with the County
Clerk State Game Warden or any
Deputy Warden authorized to issue
hunting licenses stating therein his
name age height weight place of
residence postotllce address and color
of hair and eyes No license shall be
issued except on a blank furnished by
the State Game Warden and upon
payment of the sum herein provided
for such license All hunting licenses
shall be numbered consecutively when
printed and shall expire with the
calendar year in which Issued ana
shall state the name age height
weight place of residence post otlice
address and color of hair and eyes of
licensee
Sec 3 Any person who has been a
bona fide resident of this State for the
one year then last passed shall be en
titled to procure a resident license
Any person not a bona fide resident
of this State but who is a bona fide
resident of the United States shall be
entitled to procure a non resident
hunting license
Any unnaturalized foreign born
person who has lived in this State for
the one year then last past shall be
entitled to procure a resident alien
hunting license
Sec 4 The possession of gamo at
any time uuaccoropanied by a proper
and valid license as herein provided
shall be prima facie evidence that
such game was unlawfully taken and
is unlawfully held in possession and
it shall be the duty of eyery person
having possession or control of game
to produce the proper license when
one is required by this Act on demand
of any otllcer and permit the same to
be copied by such officer
Open season for hunting taking or
possessing any of the animals birds
or fish protected by this Act shall be
between the following dates only both
inclusive
1 Male deer and turkey from
October 1 to December 15
2 Quail snipe and rail from Oct
15 to Feb 1
U Ducks geese and brant from
Sept 1 to Apr 1
Doves and White Wings from June
lto Feb 1
Trout from June 1 to Sept 1
Black Bass Strawberry Bass or
Crappie September 1 to December 1
Any person who shall take any fish
under seven 7 inches in length of
any variety of fish protected by thia
Act is hereby required to return such
as little injured as possible to the
waters from which they were taken
Any person failing to abide by the pro
visions of this section shall bo guilty
pf a misdemeanor
Sec 5 It shall be unlawful to kill
trap or snare or in any manner injure
or destroy or have in possession any
Antelope Klk Goat or Mountain
Sheep Female Deer or Fawn Road
runner Bob White Grouse or Pheas
ant
Sec i The right given by this Act
to take or kill game or fish is limited
to two 2 Male Deer in one season
twenty live 25 Quail in one day
twenty five 25 Ducks in one day
thirty five 35 Doves or White Wings
in one day three 3 Turkeys in one
season twenty 20 pounds of Trout
Bass Crappie or Catfish or forty 40
individual tish not less than seven 7
inches In length in one day No game
or fish shall be held in possession more
than five 5 days after the close of the
season for the killing of same
Sec 7 No game shall be pursued
wounded taken or killed with a steel
or hard pointed bullet nor shall any
person use in the pursuit taking
wounding or killing of any animals
birds or fish protected by this Act
any net seine trap cage snare salt
lick blinds scaffold dead fall pit
snag hook trout line artificial light
or similar device whatever provided
that dogs blinds sinks and decoys
may be used in hunting birds
Sec 8 No game or fish shall be re
ceived or held in storage except as
follows namely
1 During the open season there
for and for five 5 days thereafter
when the same is stored for the person
lawfully in possession of the same
Sec 9 No game or fish protected by
this Act shall be held in possession or
placed upon the table of any hotel res
taurant cafe or boarding house or
named in its menu or bill of fare as
food for its patrons either under the
name used in this Act or under any
name or guise whatever when the
same shall have been killed or taken
in this Stale except during open season
for such game or fish The naming of
game and fish upon any menu or bill
of fare as food for partrons patrons
shall be pti na facie evidence of the
nosiession of the same by the proprie
tor of such hotel restaurant cafe or
boarding house
Invoices and bills of lading and
other required proof that game or fish
comes from without the State shall be
preserved by the proprietor for at
least thirty 3 days after the con
sumption of the game or fish therein
described and shall be delivered to the
State Game Warden or his deputy on
demand therefor within such time
Sec 10 livery net trap explosive
or poisonous or stupefying substance
or device used or intended for use
in taking or killing game or fish in
violation of this Act and set kept or
found in or upon any of the streams or
waters of this State or upon the shores
thereof and every trap device blind
or deadfall found baited in violation
of this Act is hereby declared a
nuisance and may be abated and sum
marily destroyed by any person and it
shall be the duty of every officer toen
force this Act to seize and summarily
destroj the same and no prosecution
or suit shall be maintained for such
destruction provided that nothing in
this Act shall be construed as alfect
ing the right of the State Game Ward
en to use such means as may be proper
for the promotion of game and fish
propagation and culture nor as
authorizing the seizure or destruction
of fire
Sec 11 The necessary and ordinary
fees and expenses of every posse law-
fully summoned and engaged in the
enforcement of this Act shall be taxed
as part of the costs and if not collect
ed from the person liable therefor
shall be paid out of the game protec
tion fund
Sec 12 Whenever upon convic
tion the person convicted fails to pay
the fine and costs imposed upon him
if over eighteen 18 years of age he
shall be committed to the county jail
and shall be kept confined one 1 day
for each dollar of the fine and cost ad
judged against him and he shall not
be discharged or released therefrom
by any board of officers except upon
the payment of the portion of the fine
and costs remaining unserved or upon
the order of the Governor of this
State
Sec 13 If the holder of any license
shall persistently or flagrantly or
knowingly violate or countenance the
violation of any of the provisions of
the game laws such license shall be
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revoked by the Game Warden after
due notice shall have been given the
alleged violator and opportunity af
forded him to appear and show cause
against the revocation of such license
Sec 14 In any prosecution under
this Act any participant in violation
thereof when so requested by the
County Attorney State Game Warden
or other officers institutiong institut
ing the prosecution may testify as
witness against any other persons
charged with such violation and his
evidence so gien shall not be used
against him in any prosecution of such
violation
Sec 15 It shall be the duty of
every Justice of the Peace and Clerk
of the Court before whom any prosecu
tion under this Act may be commenc
ed or shall go on appeal and within
20 days after the trial or dismissal
thereof to report in writing the results
thereof and the amount of fines col
lected if any and the disposition
thereof to the State Game Warden
Sec 10 The State Game Warden
Shall have the power to appoint such
deputies as he may deem necessary
Such deputies as may be designated as
license collectors or who shall receive
per diem salaries shall be required to
furnish bond in the sum of Five Hun
dred Dollars 50000 for the faithful
performance of their duties The
Slate Game Warden shall have power
to pay such deputies as he shall desig
nate for specific duties a per diem of
Three Dollars 3 008 and actual neces
sary expenses while under the direct
order of the State Game Warden to
perform services in enforcement of the
game and fish laws Provided that
the per diem expenses and salary of
the deputies shall be paid semi-monthly
upon verified vouchers under oath
and approved by the State Game
Warden out of the game protection
fund Provided turther that the State
Game Warden shall not designate
deputies for services requiring per
diem or expenses except when there
shall be sufficient funds in the game
protection fund to pay for such services
as in this section provided
Sec 17 The State Game Warden
may issue permits to any person to
take capture kill transport within
or out of the State or import into the
State any game birds or fish men
tioned in this Act at any time when
satisfied that such person desires the
same exclusively as specimens for
scientific or propagating purposes
Such permits shall be in writing and
shall state the kind and number to be
taken and the manner of taking the
name of the person to whom issued
and if imported into the State the
name of the State or Territory from
which shipped and the name of the
person snipping sucn game birds or
fish and shall be signed by him and
such permit shall not be transferable
nor shall it be lawful to sell or barter
any of the animals birds or fish taken
or imported under such permit for
food purposes and the holder of such
permit shall be liable to the penalties
provided in this Act if he violates any
of its provisions
Sec 18 The State Game Warden
may authorize the redemption by any
resident of this State of any young
animal wnich has been abandoned by
its mother and taken in good faith for
purpose of saving its life but not more
than four 4 such animals shall be re
deemed by one person at the same
time He may also at any time and in
any manner take any game running at
large within the State for the purpose
of propagating in any other part of
the State
Sec 19 The State Game Warden
if he so elect or any other officer
charged with the enforcement of the
laws relating to game and fish if so
directed by the State Gamo Warden
may bring civil action in the name of
the State against any person unlawful
ly wounding or killing or having un
lawfully in possession any game quad
ruped bird or fish or part thereof
and recover judgment for each such
animal or part thereof the following
minimum suras as damage for the tak
ing killing or injuring thereof
to wit
KINGMAN ARIZONA SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14 1912
f ifev V
life
For each Elk 20000
For each Deer 5000
For each Antelope 10000
For each Mountain Sheep or
Goat 20000
For each Bird 1000
For each Fish 100
No judgment or verdict recovered
by the State in such action shall be
less than the sum hereinbefore fixed
Such action and damages may be join
ed with ihe action for possession and
recovery had for the possession and
also the damages therefor aforesaid
Neither the pendency nor the de
termination of such action nor the
pajment of such judgment nor the
pendency determined of a criminal
prosecution for the same taking
wounding killing or possession shall
be a bar to the other nor affect the
right of the other
Sec 20 The State Game Warden
shall keep a seal of office which shall
be used to authenticate all papers and
documents issued and executed by him
as such officer
Sec 21 The State Game Warden
shall Keep a record of all moneys re
ceived and all licenses certificates
permits and tags issued by him
numbering each class separately and
upon satisfactory proof that any license
certificate or permit has been lost be
fore the expiration thereof he cay
issue a duplicate therefor for which
the applicant shall pay the sum of ten
610 cents The State Game Warden
and license collectors shall charge and
c ct the following fees
wi each general license to
residants 50
For each big game license
non resident 2500
For each big game license
alien 10000
For each bird license non
resident 1000
For each bird license
alien
For each permit to trans
port out of Slate deer or
turkej each
py
cool
sea
breeze
2500
oo
For each duplicate license
or permit 10
Sec 22 It shall be unlawful for any
person in the State of Arizona to use a
gun of larger calibre than that com
monly known and designated as num
ber ten gauge for the purpose of des
troying any wild turkey dove quail
wild duck wild goose snipe or rail
Sec 23 It shall be unlawful for any
person in the State of Arizona to take
gather or destroy or have in possess
ion any time the eggs of any quail
bob white partridge grouse pheasant
dove wild turkey wild duck wild
goose brant snipe rail or any song
bird of any kind
Sec 24 It shall be unlawful for any
person to shoot a rifle revolver or
shot gnu of any calibre or guage
gauge upon from or across any
StW w4
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Territorial iibveryllfOD
JHstter
NO 51
public highway of the State of Ari
zona where there is cultivated land or
dwelling houses either side thereof or
where shot from such gun shall fajl in
or pass oyer any cultivated land or
dwelling houses or among stock or
other animals grazing on land con
tiguous to such public highway
Sec 25 It shall be unlawful for any
person in the State of Arizona at any
lime to hunt pursue kill or destroy
any lark thrush sparrow swallow
grosbeak or tanager or any other
songbird of any kind provided that
nothing in this Act be so construed as
to interfere with the collection of
birds for scientific purposes by the
I Curator of the State Museum or by
any other person authorized by the
1 Stale Game Warden of this Slate to
collect
J Ser 20 It shall be unlawful for
any Indian in the State of Arizonaat
j any lime to hunt take pursue kill or
destroy any game or fish mentioned in
this Act off the Government reserva
tion to which he belongs
Sec 27 All American bore persons
residents of this Stateunder the age
of seventeen 17 years may have the
same privileges as one holding a
general license without cost provid
ed they are accompanied by a person
holding a general license
Sec 28 It shall be the duty of the
State Game Warden and he shall
have the authority to procure the
j printing of all forms and blanks that
may be required to carry out the in
tent of this Act and not inconsistent
herewith and all necessary blanks
shall be furnished by him to the
several license collectors No license
shall be issued except on an applica
tion sworn to by the applicant and
any false statement in any application
shall render the license issued there
on void Every license collector shall
keep a correct and ccmplete record of
every license issued by him which
I record shall remain in his office and be
I open to inspection of the public at all
times All moneys collected for
licenses shall be sent to the Stale
Treasurer on or before the 10th day of
the month following and license col
lectors shall report to the Slate Game
Warden the number of licenses issued
and the amount of money remiited
Sec 29 All moneys snt to the
State Treasurer in payment of hunting
licenses permits certificates fines
penalties or forfeitures shall be set
aside by him and shall constitute a
fund to be known as the game pro
tection fund for the payment of the
priming publishing of reports post
age express and other necessary and
office expenses the salary of the Stale
Game Warden and ihe per diem
salaries and necessary expenses of
deputies for the purchase transporta
tion distribution and propagation of
game and fish
continued on fourth page
LAST MONTH OF
EXCURSIONS
To California
Coronado Tent City
Del Mar
San Diego
la lolla
everyday at San Francisco
Tickets on sale daily until Sept 30
Good for return until Nov 20 1912
M W MORGAN Agent
SANTA FE